Testing Tips
How to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words in paragraphs
What is context clues and use a dictionary to look-up the meaning
All FICTION are written with this in mind including rising action, climax (problem) and falling action (solution).
What is a plot
Words of opposite meaning, like tall and short
What is an antonym
How much time do you have to take the test?
All Day
What is the strategy for a short constructed response?
R-Restate the question
A-Answer the question
C- Cite text evidence
E- Explain text evidence or RAP
Words that mean the same as other words are called...
What is a synonym.
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as.
What is a metaphor?
What should you do first when combining sentences?
What is look for repeated words and knock them out. (repitition)
When the reader makes an educated guess...
What is Inference
position an author takes in an argumentative text
what is a claim
Why is the STAAR test important to you the students?
What is It demonstrates your mastery of skills in your grade level and is needed for PROMOTION to the next grade level
What elimination process do you use to find the correct answer?
What is crossing out all wrong answers first before finding the correct answers?
When a narrator uses "he, she, they, their," the story is written in _____ person.
What is Third (3rd) Person Point of View
A story that COULD take place today.
Realistic fiction
lines spoken between characters in a play
What is dialogue
Where can you get a good idea (main idea) what a passage is about before you even read the passage?
What is the title.
The meaning of the theme
What is the moral of the story is, or the life lesson
Authors purposes serve three purposes
TO Persuade, inform, entertain
(Bonus - explain and describe)
What kind of figurative language is an exaggeration?
What is Hyperbole